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This thread will have it's ups and down for sure. It will make for an interesting thread during the World Cup

Yes I agree 100%, my prediction is when Bangladesh doesn't manage to win a single game there, Admin will be forced to delete this thread out of sympathy for bangladeshi fans who will be deeply hurt, I am still waiting for reply from RainMan but thankfully some braveheart fans like you are still on this thread. In all honesty though, making this type of thread was very very immature.

@rainman time for you to come on this thread and explain why your future powerhouse team has lost to the minnows of all minnows..you cannot hide..be brave and explain yourself.

My dear friend, this is international cricket. Sometimes minnows play above they r potential and upset the bigger teams with their performance.

Even though Bangladesh missed some of the biggest stars in the game who can single handedly win matches for their respective team, but still I believe Bangladesh shouldn't have lost the test.

But u need to understand that, just because a depleted Bangladesh team lost a test to Zimbabwea doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't becoming a powerhouse in cricket. U have to look at their overall growth as a cricket nation instead of one individual performance. If upset was so uncommon in cricket then a nothing team like India wouldn't have managed to beat one of the greatest cricket teams of all time in a wc final in 83. Same thing happened to Pak and other teams as well. U shouldn't judge a team based on these anomalies.

It does determine based on various factors which I am not interested to type now.

But, yeah, it's my opinion, you can have your opinion.

U aren't interested to type now because u have little to nothing to substantiate ur claim.

Bangladesh have shown tremendous improvement in ODIs and they have been consistently performing in ICC tournaments as well as in other big tournaments.

Whitewashing one of the best ODI teams in the world two times in a row should never be considered as a fluke. Winning back to back odi series against top ranked teams, going to the final two times in the most prestigious odi tournament in Asia, going to the quarter final and semifinal of the last two ICC tournaments will only be considered as flukes by those who don't understand cricket.

Revoking test status because of what exactly? For losing a test Zimbabwe? Then what should happen to those countries who got whitewashed by minnow Srilanka at home?

U need to realise that sometimes these upsets happen in cricket. If cricket was so predictable then it wouldn't be so enjoyable to watch.

Zimbabwe didn't win a single test in 5 years dude. Last time they won an away test, Heath Streak was still playing cricket. If you need your full strength team to beat the minnow of minnows, you should voluntarily relinquish your test status, before it's revoked.

This thread has reached to an epic level
Everybody has become so serious here by the claim of so called "power house". This thread is intended to humiliate Bangladesh and it's supporters. Posters posting comments here taking full advantage of it. Rainman, the OP here, is fully responsible for it,whom I suspect is not a Bangladeshi. I request him not to post any comment or thread on Bangladesh. It just come back again and again to haunt us here in PP. It's my Earnest request to him

This thread has reached to an epic level
Everybody has become so serious here by the claim of so called "power house". This thread is intended to humiliate Bangladesh and it's supporters. Posters posting comments here taking full advantage of it. Rainman, the OP here, is fully responsible for it,whom I suspect is not a Bangladeshi. I request him not to post any comment or thread on Bangladesh. It just come back again and again to haunt us here in PP. It's my Earnest request to him

I also suspect Rainman is not from Bangladesh. Do call him out every time he makes a thread or posts something outrageously stupid. He is making you guys look bad. I cringe how BD team plays at times, but the posters on PP are not bad. Rainman is a bad troll.

My dear friend, this is international cricket. Sometimes minnows play above they r potential and upset the bigger teams with their performance.

Even though Bangladesh missed some of the biggest stars in the game who can single handedly win matches for their respective team, but still I believe Bangladesh shouldn't have lost the test.

But u need to understand that, just because a depleted Bangladesh team lost a test to Zimbabwea doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't becoming a powerhouse in cricket. U have to look at their overall growth as a cricket nation instead of one individual performance. If upset was so uncommon in cricket then a nothing team like India wouldn't have managed to beat one of the greatest cricket teams of all time in a wc final in 83. Same thing happened to Pak and other teams as well. U shouldn't judge a team based on these anomalies.

Its good to see you are brave enough to come out and defend your team in this starnge hour. Well done. Unlike some of my other colleagues who dissappear for long stretches to avoid difficult conversations.

I undertsand where you are coming from. However dont you think it is ominous that without your three core players the team has failed to jell and even get a draw in this game? the batting is looking very flimsy and I dont know where your bowling is at?

what are the upcoming players like? remember you need a good spinner and a good pacer. Do you have anyone who can take up this mantle?

This thread has reached to an epic level
Everybody has become so serious here by the claim of so called "power house". This thread is intended to humiliate Bangladesh and it's supporters. Posters posting comments here taking full advantage of it. Rainman, the OP here, is fully responsible for it,whom I suspect is not a Bangladeshi. I request him not to post any comment or thread on Bangladesh. It just come back again and again to haunt us here in PP. It's my Earnest request to him

Lol. If indeed he isn't a BD fan, this is the greatest troll on PP so far. This thread will be revisited hundreds of times in the future.

Revoking test status because of what exactly? For losing a test Zimbabwe? Then what should happen to those countries who got whitewashed by minnow Srilanka at home?

U need to realise that sometimes these upsets happen in cricket. If cricket was so predictable then it wouldn't be so enjoyable to watch.

yeah you are right, upsets do happen in cricket. this sentence is enough to explain every win by bangladesh ever in all their cricket history.

may i remind you, UAE is not home. even bangladesh conditions is more home that UAE will ever be.
even if we account uae as home, that loss to sri lanka is the first loss at home incurred by pakistan, since 2007.

In a period of 2008-2017. pakistan has had its home games in neutral venues and some series in neutral venue. we played our "home" series against aus in england and drew 1-1.
we played our "home" series against new zealand in new zealand and won 1-0

you dont have the right to discuss our test record. your team is so weak in tests, your team would lose to ireland in ireland.

Yeah you are right, upsets do happen in cricket. this sentence is enough to explain every win by bangladesh ever in all their cricket history.

Incorrect. That post was made to show the logical fallacy in his statement, not to demean any other cricket nation. Well, u can declare something as upset if it happens once in a blue moon but u certainly can't claim something as upset that happens on a regular basis, can u?

For example, the way PAKISTAN team Beat teams like ENG, IND in CT can be considered as upset since nobody expected that sort of performance from a lower ranked team against some of the best ODI teams in the world.

But can u say the same about the performance of Bangladesh
In Asia cup? No. Because Bangladesh has been dominating Asia cup for quite some time now. If I m not wrong, they have reached the the finals of Asia cups more than most of the other Asian teams in last 3/4 years. Therefore, BD'S dominance in Asia was a normality, something which most of the cricket fans more or less expected. Same goes for those serieses where they whitewashed NZ team two times ( u can easily understand how good is NZ team in ODIs if u follow the recent ODI serieses between PAK and NZ.

Originally Posted by warcry

may i remind you, UAE is not home. even bangladesh conditions is more home that UAE will ever be.
even if we account uae as home, that loss to sri lanka is the first loss at home incurred by pakistan, since 2007.

In a period of 2008-2017. pakistan has had its home games in neutral venues and some series in neutral venue. we played our "home" series against aus in england and drew 1-1.
we played our "home" series against new zealand in new zealand and won 1-0

you dont have the right to discuss our test record. your team is so weak in tests, your team would lose to ireland in ireland.

Again I think u r going off tangent here. Pakistan under Misbah have done well in UAE, I won't disregard that fact. But u can't also ignore the fact that even after playing international cricket for almost 70/80 years Pak haven't managed to win a single test series in Australia and SA, as a matter of fact Pakistan couldn't even won a single test against Australia in Australia in last 15/20 years. Similarly, before Pakistan's last tour of WI, they consistently failed to win test series in WI. Their only series victory came in 2017.

But then again, comparing a team that has been playing international cricket for 70/80 years with a team that has been playing international cricket for just 20 years is absolutely pointless. Don't really know why u r making a comparison here. My previous post was made to just show that incidents like Pakistan getting whitewashed by Zimbabwe at home, Pakistan getting whitewashed by srilanka at home and Bangladesh losing a test to Zimbabwea are of similar nature. Hence, ppl should not judge a team based on these anomalies.

On the contrary, Bangladesh is one of the slowest-improving countries of any major cricketing nation. Let's look at the early history of some of the others:
Pakistan: won a game vs India in their first ever series and drew England 1-1 in their first ever away series
Sri Lanka: Won the World Cup 14 years after Test status and became a formidable LOI side (arguably top 4 in the late 90s) as well as a decent test side. BD has been a Test side for 18 years and hasn't even made a WC semi-final.
Australia: Despite being only a new nation with fewer resources and a much smaller population, were very competitive against the mother country from the very first Test.
Windies: Weren't even allowed to have a black captain, they drew their second ever Test series (against England) and were quite competitive within 5-6 years of making their debut in 1928, winning a series against England in 1934.
South Africa: Missed out on the first two decades of ODIs, established themselves as a top-two ODI side within five years of making their debut.
Zimbabwe: More competitive in the late 90s than BD has ever been, only declined because of Mugabe.
Afghanistan: Way ahead of where BD was at the same stage since debut - and they don't even get to play at home.
So Bangladesh slowly moving away from minnow status 18 years after making their debut is nothing even close to extraordinary. Add to that the fact that BD has 165 million people and a massive interset in the sport, which gives it a huge advantage compared to countries like NZ (4.5 million, cricket only the 4th or 5th most popular sport) and WI (~10 million, rapidly declining interest in the sport)

On the contrary, Bangladesh is one of the slowest-improving countries of any major cricketing nation. Let's look at the early history of some of the others:
Pakistan: won a game vs India in their first ever series and drew England 1-1 in their first ever away series
Sri Lanka: Won the World Cup 14 years after Test status and became a formidable LOI side (arguably top 4 in the late 90s) as well as a decent test side. BD has been a Test side for 18 years and hasn't even made a WC semi-final.
Australia: Despite being only a new nation with fewer resources and a much smaller population, were very competitive against the mother country from the very first Test.
Windies: Weren't even allowed to have a black captain, they drew their second ever Test series (against England) and were quite competitive within 5-6 years of making their debut in 1928, winning a series against England in 1934.
South Africa: Missed out on the first two decades of ODIs, established themselves as a top-two ODI side within five years of making their debut.
Zimbabwe: More competitive in the late 90s than BD has ever been, only declined because of Mugabe.
Afghanistan: Way ahead of where BD was at the same stage since debut - and they don't even get to play at home.
So Bangladesh slowly moving away from minnow status 18 years after making their debut is nothing even close to extraordinary. Add to that the fact that BD has 165 million people and a massive interset in the sport, which gives it a huge advantage compared to countries like NZ (4.5 million, cricket only the 4th or 5th most popular sport) and WI (~10 million, rapidly declining interest in the sport)

Doesn't seem like a fair comparison since all other teams were fully established sides when BD made their debut.

That was certainly not the case when India and Pakistan made their international debuts

The one thing we can say with certainty is that of all cricketing nations, SL had the fastest growth rate. Which is admirable considering how tiny the island nation is.

Thank u my dear friend.I predicted after the first test that Zimbabwe would be blown away in the second test. That is exactly what happened. Pls dont try to be sarcastic here. This is a serious thread. Everybody knows that Bangladesh is becoming a dominating force in Asian condition.

Anyone who knows about cricket will agree with the fact that after srilanka Bangladesh is one of the very few teams who have improved leaps and bounds within a very short period of time.

BTW, i m not saying that they have already become a powerhouse. What i m saying that is they r on their way to become a powerhouse in cricket.

I felt that I had to say this because BD gets a lot of flak on this forum which I don't agree with.

Personally, I feel they have come a long way in 18 years and especially in the last 5 years.

I don't think any non-Asian team will dare to take BD lightly when they are playing in Asia.

Potentially, BD can become a powerhouse in the next two years. But I think for that to happen BCB also needs to do more at the grassroots. Make the FC system stronger. Produce different kinds of pitches so that BD doesn't become over-reliant on spinners. That's the mistake India used to make earlier too. But since BCCI has made an effort to produce better pitches for pacers, Indian pacers have also gone from strength to strength. Of course, it also prepares the batsmen to play pace and bounce better.

It will take longer for BD to become ba powerhouse because there is much more competition gloabally nowadays. But I do think they have the potential to get there.

You would be furious if there was somebody like Rainman speaking for India, and India was a lower ranked team. His hyperboles make Bangladesh fans look bad and they get bashed many times because of his posts. I took his bait in the past but most BD fans on PP are good people. Just have a look at his post history, it's so bad.

You would be furious if there was somebody like Rainman speaking for India, and India was a lower ranked team. His hyperboles make Bangladesh fans look bad and they get bashed many times because of his posts. I took his bait in the past but most BD fans on PP are good people. Just have a look at his post history, it's so bad.

I know that he can be over-the-top sometimes. @RainMan_ and I have clashed many-a-times over various topics.

But that doesn't mean you or I get to have a say on whether he should be here or not.

That's an exclusionary mindset and that is especially poor coming from you since you are supposed to be representing the largest secular democracy in the world. I'm sorry but I do not condone this attitude.

Bangladesh is a poor cricket team and borderline minnows. People can brag about it as much as they want online but it does not change the ground reality.

If we catalogue BDrecords / performance / results over the years, they are actually on the same level as Zimbabwe and touch above Afghanistan and Ireland as far as test cricket goes.

In T20s, they are not even borderline but real life minnows. Afghanistan which started playing proper cricket just 10 years ago, recently whitewashed them.

Yes in ODIs they did made some improvement (very little) but they are no world beaters in that format either as their fans would made us believe. 2015 was their great year thanks to a mystery spinner Mustafizur on those slow pitches but once his mystery dissapeared, their performance took a dip as well. In CT 1st game, we all saw how easily England chased 310 against them with 8 wickets in hand. Next game against Australia, they we got all out for 183 in the Oval. Australians were 83/1 chasing in 16 overs and then it started raining. Aussies got robbed a sure win and both teams got 1 point each. They just won 1 game against New Zealand in Subcontinent type cardiff track to reach semi finals only to get humiliated against India by 9 wickets. So 1 win in an ICC event is nothing to boast off.

Later, they went on to lose every single ODI on the tour of SA. Later, they played an ODI tri series at home featuring Zimbabwe and SriLanka. Even with 2 sub par teams at home they couldnt win that tri series. SL beat them in the finals to win the title and BD still searching for their 1st tri series victory. Yes they did qualify for Asia cup finals couple of times but it is no big deal. They are yet to win a single tri/multi nation tournament in ODIs, let alone ICC event. So to think BD has suddenly became some great ODI side is either a myth or big joke.

Now the reason why most of the time BD cricket is in news is because they have the most aweful fanbase (I give them that) and melodramatic players. Their antics bring more attention than actual game. Let it be hacking Kohli's website or Mushy's tweet or Naagin dance or Shakib breaking dressing room glass etc etc.

So if we combine all format, BD is touch above Zimb, Afg and Ire and below WI & SL. Now people may get optimistic and say they are improving/on their way to become powerhouse in future etc. Take it from me, 20 years later we would say the same.

Bangla Cricket team is not just a cricketing joke but an International sports joke as well. 20 years since they emerged on the scene and I tell you I see no difference between Bangladesh of 2005/2004 and now.

I know that he can be over-the-top sometimes. @RainMan_ and I have clashed many-a-times over various topics.

But that doesn't mean you or I get to have a say on whether he should be here or not.

That's an exclusionary mindset and that is especially poor coming from you since you are supposed to be representing the largest secular democracy in the world. I'm sorry but I do not condone this attitude.

I am not telling him to leave, I am saying that Bangladesh fans will be kept getting mocked until he leaves because of his posts and threads. I am not from Bangladesh so I don't really care, but I do feel bad for them.

Doesn't seem like a fair comparison since all other teams were fully established sides when BD made their debut.

That was certainly not the case when India and Pakistan made their international debuts

The one thing we can say with certainty is that of all cricketing nations, SL had the fastest growth rate. Which is admirable considering how tiny the island nation is.

But yeah, BD is not a "powerhouse" by any means.

That may be so, but countries like Pakistan and WI were competitive against the fully-established sides shortly after debut (England had been playing Test cricket for 75 years when Pak made its debut). BD took ages to be competitive against ANY fully established side (even WI).

That may be so, but countries like Pakistan and WI were competitive against the fully-established sides shortly after debut (England had been playing Test cricket for 75 years when Pak made its debut). BD took ages to be competitive against ANY fully established side (even WI).

There cannot be any just comparison made between the competitive landscape India & Pakistan made their debut in and the landscape BD made their debut in.

When India & Pak made their debut, the only strong teams were England, Australia and WI. NZ later became stronger as the decades rolled on and SA was banned from 1970.

By the time, BD made their test debut, Eng, Australia, NZ, SA, India, Pakistan and SL had all become strong teams. WI while no longer the WI of 70s/80s was still stronger than BD. And most importantly, international cricket had become far more professional by this time and competition was a lot more.

India/Pak had to face 3 strong teams in their initial years while BD had to face 8 strong teams.

Like I said before, BD is not a cricketing powerhouse. But it would be unfair to compare their initial years in cricket to that of India or Pakistan's. The scenerio was totally different.

There cannot be any just comparison made between the competitive landscape India & Pakistan made their debut in and the landscape BD made their debut in.

When India & Pak made their debut, the only strong teams were England, Australia and WI. NZ later became stronger as the decades rolled on and SA was banned from 1970.

By the time, BD made their test debut, Eng, Australia, NZ, SA, India, Pakistan and SL had all become strong teams. WI while no longer the WI of 70s/80s was still stronger than BD. And most importantly, international cricket had become far more professional by this time and competition was a lot more.

India/Pak had to face 3 strong teams in their initial years while BD had to face 8 strong teams.

Like I said before, BD is not a cricketing powerhouse. But it would be unfair to compare their initial years in cricket to that of India or Pakistan's. The scenerio was totally different.

I'm not talking about the number of fully-established sides or comparing Pak's ranking in the 1950s to BD's ranking in the 2000s. What I'm saying is Pak still had to play fully-established sides, even if there were only 2 or 3 of them and did well. Even if you exclude BD's performance against the top 5 test teams in the 2000s and look at their performance against only the No.6-8 teams, their performance was pretty mediocre. You can't say that Pak had it easier against Eng in the 1950s than BD against SL in 2000. SL had made their Test debut only 18 years prior.

I'm not talking about the number of fully-established sides or comparing Pak's ranking in the 1950s to BD's ranking in the 2000s. What I'm saying is Pak still had to play fully-established sides, even if there were only 2 or 3 of them and did well. Even if you exclude BD's performance against the top 5 test teams in the 2000s and look at their performance against only the No.6-8 teams, their performance was pretty mediocre. You can't say that Pak had it easier against Eng in the 1950s than BD against SL in 2000. SL had made their Test debut only 18 years prior.

I don't think BD had it any easier against SL than Pakistan or India had against England. Playing in England/Australia is a different thing. Asian teams still struggle there.

But as oppositons, I think SL was very strong by 2000. Because of all the teams that have played cricket so far, Sri Lanka's growth as a cricketing nation was by far the fastest. They had already won a WC, a CT and 2 Asia Cups by year 2000.

Their 2000 team already had WC players & ATGs like Ranatunga, de Silva Jayasuriya, Murali and Vaas. And at the turn of the century they already had younsters like Sanga, Jayawardene and Dilshan coming in.

SL was already very strong team when BD came in to the picture. And they maintained that strength all the up to 2015.

BD, in its first WC appearance in '99 caused an upset over Pakistan. And '99 Pak was a lethal ODI team. In 2005 they beat Australia. In 2007, they beat India in the WC. All 3 of those wins coming overseas, nonetheless. Even back then they were pulling rare victories over much stronger teams.

If you take India and Pakistan's record against AUS, WI & ENG in their first 2 decades of test cricket, it's a W/L ratio of 0.205 for India and 0.263 for Pakistan.

By the time BD made their test debut, teams like England, Australia, India and Pakistan had progressed too much (in terms of popularity of the sport, monetary investment, infrastructure, etc).

But against teams that BD realistically could compete with (namely SL, WI & ZIM) they have also maintained a W/L ratio of 0.272. That's quite respectable.

You must understand that the level of international cricket changed dramatically from 1950 to 2000. By 2000, cricket had become a lot more professional. There was a lot more science and medicine behind it. Tons more investment and man-hours (support staff, psychologists, media manager, this that). The rate of growth of global cricket in the last 30 years is infinitely more than it was between 1900 to 1960.

The environment that BD made their test debut in was far more difficult because they had to catch up a lot more.

This is true of any field in life. Even in the business world, if you begin early you will always have first movers advantage. And as time goes on, it will become more and difficult for the new market entries to catch up with the first movers.

I don't think BD had it any easier against SL than Pakistan or India had against England. Playing in England/Australia is a different thing. Asian teams still struggle there.

But as oppositons, I think SL was very strong by 2000. Because of all the teams that have played cricket so far, Sri Lanka's growth as a cricketing nation was by far the fastest. They had already won a WC, a CT and 2 Asia Cups by year 2000.

Their 2000 team already had WC players & ATGs like Ranatunga, de Silva Jayasuriya, Murali and Vaas. And at the turn of the century they already had younsters like Sanga, Jayawardene and Dilshan coming in.

SL was already very strong team when BD came in to the picture. And they maintained that strength all the up to 2015.

BD, in its first WC appearance in '99 caused an upset over Pakistan. And '99 Pak was a lethal ODI team. In 2005 they beat Australia. In 2007, they beat India in the WC. All 3 of those wins coming overseas, nonetheless. Even back then they were pulling rare victories over much stronger teams.

If you take India and Pakistan's record against AUS, WI & ENG in their first 2 decades of test cricket, it's a W/L ratio of 0.205 for India and 0.263 for Pakistan.

By the time BD made their test debut, teams like England, Australia, India and Pakistan had progressed too much (in terms of popularity of the sport, monetary investment, infrastructure, etc).

But against teams that BD realistically could compete with (namely SL, WI & ZIM) they have also maintained a W/L ratio of 0.272. That's quite respectable.

You must understand that the level of international cricket changed dramatically from 1950 to 2000. By 2000, cricket had become a lot more professional. There was a lot more science and medicine behind it. Tons more investment and man-hours (support staff, psychologists, media manager, this that). The rate of growth of global cricket in the last 30 years is infinitely more than it was between 1900 to 1960.

The environment that BD made their test debut in was far more difficult because they had to catch up a lot more.

This is true of any field in life. Even in the business world, if you begin early you will always have first movers advantage. And as time goes on, it will become more and difficult for the new market entries to catch up with the first movers.

Absolutely. I don't know why people are raising questions in present situation when we are winning matches in ODIs regularly and sometimes in tests also. InshaAllah we shall move further forward in future also. We have decent first class structure in place, government has labelled it as no 1 sport in terms of priority. But when we were given test status , we had no first class league ( what was in that time , actually it cant be labelled as first class games), still football was our no 1 sport. It was a premature birth as test nation. That's why I won't count our first 5 years of post test status seriously. You are right. India and Pakistan was relatively in better position than us to avail the advantage of test status.

This thread title has just created havoc in some posters. We are still not on way to become a "powerhouse" . We have become a decent , competitive ODI side, we are making slow progress in tests.We are definitely not minnow in ODIs. In tests we are, but I am hopeful we shall give up that tag in near future

Absolutely. I don't know why people are raising questions in present situation when we are winning matches in ODIs regularly and sometimes in tests also. InshaAllah we shall move further forward in future also. We have decent first class structure in place, government has labelled it as no 1 sport in terms of priority. But when we were given test status , we had no first class league ( what was in that time , actually it cant be labelled as first class games), still football was our no 1 sport. It was a premature birth as test nation. That's why I won't count our first 5 years of post test status seriously. You are right. India and Pakistan was relatively in better position than us to avail the advantage of test status.

This thread title has just created havoc in some posters. We are still not on way to become a "powerhouse" . We have become a decent , competitive ODI side, we are making slow progress in tests.We are definitely not minnow in ODIs. In tests we are, but I am hopeful we shall give up that tag in near future

This is what I'd call an honest and true perspective.

If there is a better batsman than Sachin then he hasnít arrived yet: Viv Richards

very impressed by how many ice cream cups the cricket powerhouse won in last 3/4 years. seriously dude, at least win a single cup first before calling yourself a powerhouse and making all your countrymen embarrassed.

From the moment this thread was created Bangladesh have achived the followings

1. Reached Asia cup final and Should've won the title but couldn't do so due to poor and biased Umpiring.

2. Whitewashed Zimbabwe in ODIs.

3. Whitewashed WI in tests and hammered them in ODIs as well. To be completely honest victory against WI isn't that much important to me. What's important to me is the way our boys have dominated the whole series even though most of our main players were recovering from injury which prevented them from playing to their full potential.

Yes, defeat against Zimbabwe was unexpected and shouldn't have happened but sometimes smaller teams play above their potential and upset the bigger teams. Even the greatest odi team to ever grace the cricket field ie-the invincible Australian side lost a match to a 22 averaging Ashraful. Hence, these incidents should be considered as an anomaly.

Prediction based on the current performance. Possible scenario

1. If current Australian side without their main payers Warner and Smith visit Bangladesh right now for a test series, they will most probably get whitewashed. Their batting is horrendous against spin, especially on doctored dust bowls.

2. Current NZ team won't be that difficult to beat either. Yes, I don't know what will be the result of the test series.

But there's no doubt that on current form our boys will dominate the kiwes in ODIS, especially considering the fact that we have always played well against them and whitewashed them two times in a row.

Bangladesh has everything in its favor. Its one of the very few cricket country's in the history of cricket which has improved leaps and bounds within a very short period of time. It's people love this sport and they r really enthusiastic about it.

It has a good cricket structure even though 20 years haven't even passed since they have established it and started their own domestic cricket league. It has a rich an efficient governing body. They have their own t20 league which will go from strength to strength in coming future. There should be no doubt about the fact that Bd is on its way to become a powerhouse in cricket and after 15/20 years from now BD will be one of the bigger boys of cricket.

From the moment this thread was created Bangladesh have achived the followings

1. Reached Asia cup final and Should've won the title but couldn't do so due to poor and biased Umpiring.

2. Whitewashed Zimbabwe in ODIs.

3. Whitewashed WI in tests and hammered them in ODIs as well. To be completely honest victory against WI isn't that much important to me. What's important to me is the way our boys have dominated the whole series even though most of our main players were recovering from injury which prevented them from playing to their full potential.

Yes, defeat against Zimbabwe was unexpected and shouldn't have happened but sometimes smaller teams play above their potential and upset the bigger teams. Even the greatest odi team to ever grace the cricket field ie-the invincible Australian side lost a match to a 22 averaging Ashraful. Hence, these incidents should be considered as an anomaly.

Prediction based on the current performance. Possible scenario

1. If current Australian side without their main payers Warner and Smith visit Bangladesh right now for a test series, they will most probably get whitewashed. Their batting is horrendous against spin, especially on doctored dust bowls.

2. Current NZ team won't be that difficult to beat either. Yes, I don't know what will be the result of the test series.

But there's no doubt that on current form our boys will dominate the kiwes in ODIS, especially considering the fact that we have always played well against them and whitewashed them two times in a row.

Bangladesh has everything in its favor. Its one of the very few cricket country's in the history of cricket which has improved leaps and bounds within a very short period of time. It's people love this sport and they r really enthusiastic about it.

It has a good cricket structure even though 20 years haven't even passed since they have established it and started their own domestic cricket league. It has a rich an efficient governing body. They have their own t20 league which will go from strength to strength in coming future. There should be no doubt about the fact that Bd is on its way to become a powerhouse in cricket and after 15/20 years from now BD will be one of the bigger boys of cricket.

Good post bro...totally agree. How do you see BD doing in World cup next year? Being a well wisher of BD cricket, I want them to do well. But want your expert opinion.

Good post bro...totally agree. How do you see BD doing in World cup next year? Being a well wisher of BD cricket, I want them to do well. But want your expert opinion.

They could well loose all the 9 matches in round robin stage, their best chance to avoid humiliation is to win a game against Afghanistan. Don't think they can win against windies outside Bdesh. But do expect the crying and babbling of fans on biased umpiring even after 8-9 losses in 9 matches.

They could well loose all the 9 matches in round robin stage, their best chance to avoid humiliation is to win a game against Afghanistan. Don't think they can win against windies outside Bdesh. But do expect the crying and babbling of fans on biased umpiring even after 8-9 losses in 9 matches.

Aren't you establishing yourself as like as these words? Don't get hatred or personal dislike get over your judgement as it is a forum ,not a personal blog.
Please know about a team,it's results before commenting. I don't think that you are familiar with BD's performances. BD recently won ODI and T20 series in Caribbean ,their home soil and the team was stronger than the team played in India against India as Gayle was in the team. please check the scorecard.

Aren't you establishing yourself as like as these words? Don't get hatred or personal dislike get over your judgement as it is a forum ,not a personal blog.
Please know about a team,it's results before commenting. I don't think that you are familiar with BD's performances. BD recently won ODI and T20 series in Caribbean ,their home soil and the team was stronger than the team played in India against India as Gayle was in the team. please check the scorecard.

I think we have abilities to win a few group matches if all of our Fab 5 remains fit and in form. I don't think we can reach the semis with our current pace attack. I don't have enough faith on Mash,Rubel,Fiz to do well in English conditions. As the WC will be played in England ,infact no subcontinent fan except the Indians can tell boldly that their team will do well in that biggest show of cricket on Earth. I shall only back India to reach the semis from Asian teams.

Good post bro...totally agree. How do you see BD doing in World cup next year? Being a well wisher of BD cricket, I want them to do well. But want your expert opinion.

Off course u agree with me. I always make post based on actual facts.

Now coming to the point of wc, well, result is not that much important to me. Its the process that I care a out the most. I m very pleased to see that as a cricket nation we r going from strength to strength and now we r in such a position where we always go to a test match with the possibility of winning that match if that match is held in our home ground. Many well known teams had to struggle for decades after decades to come to the position where we have reached within just 10/15 years.

Last WC was held in Aus where we went to QF, last CT was held in Eng where we reached the semifinal. Now we r 50% more stronger as a team than we were in last wc. So, I expect BD to continue their good work in the upcoming WC as well.

Bangladesh still has long journey ahead. Especially in tests.
They have yet to beat a top test side in series at home and win a test outside home against a top side. In home conditions no team can take them lightly now. However the fear factor is still not there among opposing team.Bangladesh's test wins

Team

Result

Opposition

Ground

Start Date

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Kingstown

9-Jul-09

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

St George's

17-Jul-09

Bangladesh

won

v England

Dhaka

28-Oct-16

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Colombo (PSS)

15-Mar-17

Bangladesh

won

v Australia

Dhaka

27-Aug-17

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Chittagong

22-Nov-18

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Dhaka

30-Nov-18

Bangladesh have made decent progress in ODIs at home and on rare occasion beaten top side away too. The big issue is still consistency.

Team

Result

Opposition

Ground

Start Date

Bangladesh

won

v Pakistan

Northampton

31-May-99

Bangladesh

won

v India

Dhaka

26-Dec-04

Bangladesh

won

v Australia

Cardiff

18-Jun-05

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Bogra

22-Feb-06

Bangladesh

won

v India

Port of Spain

17-Mar-07

Bangladesh

won

v South Africa

Providence

7-Apr-07

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dhaka

9-Oct-08

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Dhaka

14-Jan-09

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Roseau

26-Jul-09

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Roseau

28-Jul-09

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Basseterre

31-Jul-09

Bangladesh

won

v England

Bristol

10-Jul-10

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dhaka

5-Oct-10

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dhaka

11-Oct-10

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dhaka

14-Oct-10

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dhaka

17-Oct-10

Bangladesh

won

v England

Chittagong

11-Mar-11

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Chittagong

18-Oct-11

Bangladesh

won

v India

Dhaka

16-Mar-12

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Dhaka

20-Mar-12

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Khulna

30-Nov-12

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Khulna

2-Dec-12

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Dhaka

8-Dec-12

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Pallekele

28-Mar-13

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dhaka

29-Oct-13

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dhaka

31-Oct-13

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Fatullah

3-Nov-13

Bangladesh

won

v England

Adelaide

9-Mar-15

Bangladesh

won

v Pakistan

Dhaka

17-Apr-15

Bangladesh

won

v Pakistan

Dhaka

19-Apr-15

Bangladesh

won

v Pakistan

Dhaka

22-Apr-15

Bangladesh

won

v India

Dhaka

18-Jun-15

Bangladesh

won

v India

Dhaka

21-Jun-15

Bangladesh

won

v South Africa

Dhaka

12-Jul-15

Bangladesh

won

v South Africa

Chittagong

15-Jul-15

Bangladesh

won

v England

Dhaka

9-Oct-16

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Dambulla

25-Mar-17

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Dublin

24-May-17

Bangladesh

won

v New Zealand

Cardiff

9-Jun-17

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Dhaka

19-Jan-18

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Providence

22-Jul-18

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Basseterre

28-Jul-18

Bangladesh

won

v Sri Lanka

Dubai (DSC)

15-Sep-18

Bangladesh

won

v Pakistan

Abu Dhabi

26-Sep-18

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Dhaka

9-Dec-18

Bangladesh

won

v West Indies

Sylhet

14-Dec-18

Bangladesh has many things going in their favor so they are bound to get stronger with time. Bangladesh have large population with a great passion for cricket. A lot of their future success/failure ties itself to organization of its cricket board.

I think we have abilities to win a few group matches if all of our Fab 5 remains fit and in form. I don't think we can reach the semis with our current pace attack. I don't have enough faith on Mash,Rubel,Fiz to do well in English conditions. As the WC will be played in England ,infact no subcontinent fan except the Indians can tell boldly that their team will do well in that biggest show of cricket on Earth. I shall only back India to reach the semis from Asian teams.

Umm, you know another subcontinent team won the champions trophy in england very recently thrashing both england in semi-final and india in final

Bangladesh has many things going in their favor so they are bound to get stronger with time. Bangladesh have large population with a great passion for cricket. A lot of their future success/failure ties itself to organization of its cricket board.

Heh, the fact that this line is constantly prattled out suggests that Bangladesh haven't really graduated from their semi-minnow status.

From the moment this thread was created Bangladesh have achived the followings

1. Reached Asia cup final and Should've won the title but couldn't do so due to poor and biased Umpiring.

2. Whitewashed Zimbabwe in ODIs.

3. Whitewashed WI in tests and hammered them in ODIs as well. To be completely honest victory against WI isn't that much important to me. What's important to me is the way our boys have dominated the whole series even though most of our main players were recovering from injury which prevented them from playing to their full potential.

Yes, defeat against Zimbabwe was unexpected and shouldn't have happened but sometimes smaller teams play above their potential and upset the bigger teams. Even the greatest odi team to ever grace the cricket field ie-the invincible Australian side lost a match to a 22 averaging Ashraful. Hence, these incidents should be considered as an anomaly.

Prediction based on the current performance. Possible scenario

1. If current Australian side without their main payers Warner and Smith visit Bangladesh right now for a test series, they will most probably get whitewashed. Their batting is horrendous against spin, especially on doctored dust bowls.

2. Current NZ team won't be that difficult to beat either. Yes, I don't know what will be the result of the test series.

But there's no doubt that on current form our boys will dominate the kiwes in ODIS, especially considering the fact that we have always played well against them and whitewashed them two times in a row.

Bangladesh has everything in its favor. Its one of the very few cricket country's in the history of cricket which has improved leaps and bounds within a very short period of time. It's people love this sport and they r really enthusiastic about it.

It has a good cricket structure even though 20 years haven't even passed since they have established it and started their own domestic cricket league. It has a rich an efficient governing body. They have their own t20 league which will go from strength to strength in coming future. There should be no doubt about the fact that Bd is on its way to become a powerhouse in cricket and after 15/20 years from now BD will be one of the bigger boys of cricket.

The more you complain about biased umpiring in that game, the more stupid and a laughing stock you look on this forum. Just accept the fact that India are a far better team than yours and move on. No umpiring decision was wrong on that day and even you know it (if you have some basic cricketing knowledge) , but the sheer inability to accept such a collapse that happened on that day due to some poor shots by your batsman have stopped you from accepting it. The coping mechanism took over and it just never left, did it?
Anyway, apart from that, I agree with everything else that you've pointed out. Bangladesh is proving to be a formidable outfit esp. in Odis and might surprise a few in the next year's World Cup.

Umm, you know another subcontinent team won the champions trophy in england very recently thrashing both england in semi-final and india in final

Yes, I know and I thought that my comment will hurt your ego

But ever since winning CT, that subcontinent team's ODI performance is going downstream. I don't find enough courage to bet money on that team. But who knows Pakistan? Before CT they weren't favorite too. Everybody loves that old unpredictable Pakistan

Heh, the fact that this line is constantly prattled out suggests that Bangladesh haven't really graduated from their semi-minnow status.

Right on the money tbh. Though, much much stronger than before, still carries that minnow tag unfortunetly. Mainly because of their fans stupidity and players alike. However, second best asian ODI team from Asia in my book after us.

Already is in ODI. this question of the thread is few years to late. 2015 would have made sense.

I expect BANGLADESH to be top 4 ODI ranking post 2019, in the 2020s BD InshAllah will be top 4, and will definitely be top 7 at test, top 6 at t20s. ODI is the main strength for BD. BD to be one of the favs going into 2023 WC in the subcontinent.

Another powerhouse performance by Bangladesh in the first T20 against WI. There's a very realistic chance that Bdesh will not win a single match in next year world cup, and a lot of hearts will be broken.

Already is in ODI. this question of the thread is few years to late. 2015 would have made sense.

I expect BANGLADESH to be top 4 ODI ranking post 2019, in the 2020s BD InshAllah will be top 4, and will definitely be top 7 at test, top 6 at t20s. ODI is the main strength for BD. BD to be one of the favs going into 2023 WC in the subcontinent.

You're being VERY optimistic. Don't forget once your legendary players retire you'll have a VERY big void to fill.

Already is in ODI. this question of the thread is few years to late. 2015 would have made sense.

I expect BANGLADESH to be top 4 ODI ranking post 2019, in the 2020s BD InshAllah will be top 4, and will definitely be top 7 at test, top 6 at t20s. ODI is the main strength for BD. BD to be one of the favs going into 2023 WC in the subcontinent.